11Synonyms found for adaptation

Word Origin & History

adaptation c.1600, "action of adapting," from Fr. adaptation, from L.L. adaptationem (nom. adaptatio), noun of action from adaptare (see adapt). Meaning "condition of being adapted" is from 1670s. Sense of "modification of a thing to suit new conditions" is from 1790. Biological sense first recorded 1859 in Darwin's writings.

Example Sentences for adaptations

It seems that climate change is not only a driver of evolutionary innovation, of evolutionary adaptations.

These are adaptations brought on by natural selection to make us functioning social beings.

The attributes of the tiger are great adaptations in the struggle for existence, but they are not morally commendable.

If you chose the adaptation route, you should read up on adaptations yourself.

Scientists could not explain the appearance of those adaptations so critical to natural selection.

These formulas arise as adaptations to a given set of social and ecological conditions.

But they became more complicated in subsequent comics and film adaptations.

Other fantasy series are in the works and being prepped for high-cost adaptations.

The adaptations are free, and ideas are drawn from more than one author.

New stanzas are welcomed, and local adaptations, irrelevant or facetious.